Erica Pereles

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

Front page of @the_dailycampus this morning.

Peak bloom and near-perfect weather 🌸 CWG’s Kevin Ambrose (@dcstormchaser) captured the cherry blossoms Thursday under what he says were some of the best conditions he’s seen in 23 years. "In my 23 years of photographing cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin, it featured the best weather that I can remember for peak bloom," Ambrose said. "The temperature was in the 70s with a pleasant breeze that was followed by a nice sunset. The crowd was heavy but I've seen much worse in past years, especially on weekend days." Take a look at some of Kevin’s standout shots from around the Tidal Basin.

PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! It's official! The cherry blossoms are opening & putting on a splendid spring spectacle. See you soon. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸! #CherryBlossom #BloomWatch #WashingtonDC

@Sam4TR @NOTUSreports congrats Sam!! so happy for you!

I’m so stoked to be joining the awesome, growing team @NOTUSreports.  I’ll cover people and power in DC, a broad beat across sports, politics, business and culture.  I start in May, and in the meantime, I’ll be looking for great story ideas. If you have any, please holler!

@andrewcgolden @BaltimoreBanner so happy for you Andrew! this is a perfect move and smart hire by the Banner

Hey everyone! I'm joining the @BaltimoreBanner as a sports enterprise & features reporter. I’ll also help out w/the Banner's Nats/O's coverage. Growing up in Baltimore County, it's a privilege to write about the intersection of Baltimore community, culture and sports.

Working in social in newsrooms means you get to read basically everything that publishes for your job. 2.5 years at the Post, I read thousands of stories by the people laid off yesterday. Most I’ve never met. They all feel like friends who helped me understand the world.

@_allysonchiu @washingtonpost I'm so sorry Allyson. I loved working with you and climate team so much. and thank you for being in my silly postclimate videos!!!!!!!! god im so sorry.

The end of an era @washingtonpost It’s been a true honor and a privilege. Thank you to all who made this wild ride possible.

@AmudalatAjasa @washingtonpost I'm so sorry Amudalat, and I'm so so so devastated with the gutting of our climate team. I so enjoyed working with you ❤️ thank you for always being game for my vert videos. postclimate will miss you :(

I was laid off from @washingtonpost yesterday—like most of the climate team. Working here was a dream & I’m honored to have started my career here. I’m eager to continue covering environmental policy and justice while holding power to account. Email me at amudalat10@gmail.com

@ChuckCulpepper1 what is the Post without Chuck Culpepper?? genuinely stunned. so sorry to hear this.

So on the 4,167th and final day of a job so exhilarating that I'd swear at least 4,000 of the days qualified as very good or better, the coffee came with whooshing thoughts of the 11 years and the four months and the 27 days. The brain tore through the datelines from 17 countries and 43 states, the three World Cups, the four Olympics, the 10 tennis majors, the 20 golf majors, the 11 men's Finals Four, the 28 College Football Playoff games, the 10 Kentucky Derbys, the tour of Jordan-Oman-Kuwait-United Arab Emirates, the 46 days in the peerless Australia -- I mean, come on, really? -- the depth of the beauty of South Koreans, and those times when I looked in the mirror (briefly) and saw a lunatic. Maybe the looniest would be covering a game in Seattle on a Friday night, then a game in Clemson on that Saturday night (with Lamar Jackson on the field looking even more dizzying than usual). Or was it the Boise on a Friday night, the students swimming into the frigid river for a goal-post chunk after midnight, then the one hour of sleep, then the Indianapolis on a Saturday night? No, wait, wait, it had to be this: Novak Djokovic winning the French Open in Paris on Sunday early evening, then U.S. Open golf preparations starting on Tuesday . . . . . . in Los Angeles. Non-deranged people might find such a sequence unfair; for whatever metabolic reason, I just kept giggling. Well, something surpassed all of that, somehow. To be part of the Washington Post Sports department was to be a part of an exemplary human experience, a rarefied collegiality, a beacon of collaboration and a near-bewildering scarcity of envy. For just one thing, I never, ever thought, way back last century, that I'd inhabit a world and a staff where everyone would treat my husband as one of the group, where a deputy sports editor would say, in a kitchen, near the end of a holiday party, "Alfonso! Come over here and hug me!" All of it reinforced that on the medal stand of life, human collaboration deserves a spot and maybe even the gold, for its curious capacity to bolster seemingly all 35 trillion of our cells. I love these forever teammates all so much it probably annoys them, and they call to mind a relic of a show always worth unearthing. It's Episode 168 of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the episode she titled, "The Last Show," when the WJM newsroom staff works a final news show and has a last group hug, and Mary wishes to emote, and Lou wishes not to emote, but then Mary gives a stirring speech and then the ever-gruff Lou relents and, in a quaking voice, says something resonant all the way clear into February 2026: "I treasure you people."

@MarkRSelig @PostSports so sorry to hear this Mark. i'm such a fan of our sports section

I’m out after nearly nine years at @PostSports. Really grateful for the journalist and person I became while getting to work with the best in the business.

@esilverman11 wow I loved this story! so sorry to hear this.

It was a dream to report for the Washington Post. I’m heartbroken to be among those laid off today. This profile was one of my last bylines. I want to keep telling stories that matter. If you’re hiring, DM me or email: esilverman11(@)gmail(dot)com washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Hundreds of our members have been laid off without rhyme or reason. Those who remain are reeling. One of our own started this GoFundMe. If you are inclined, feel free to share or donate. gofund.me/f0f6a0b8d

Think about this today. If it weren't for the Washington Post sports department, Dan Snyder would probably still be the owner of the Washington Redskins/Commanders. Let that sink in. Local sports journalism is impactful and it matters.

@chicoharlan so sorry Chico. I loved your stories

My 17 years at the Washington Post ended today with an email saying my job had been “eliminated.” So many of the people I know got similar emails. I am heartbroken for my colleagues and this horrible, beautiful industry.

No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society

The Post Guild stands with Hannah, and will continue to fight for our members’ safety and independence so that they can continue their critical work. (3/3)

in understanding the impact of the Trump administration’s policies. The extraordinary decision to execute a search warrant at a journalist’s home should shock and dismay everyone who cares about a free and independent press. (2/3)

The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)